Recreational water sprinkler

Abstract

A Recreational Water Sprinkler apparatus includes a manifold having a water inlet and a plurality of manifold outlets. A plurality of elongated flexible discharge hoses are connected to the manifold outlets. The hoses are sufficiently long and flexible that when water is supplied at conventional household pressures, the water is discharged through the discharge hoses thereby causing the hoses to gyrate and whip back and forth in a random manner relative to the manifold, thus spraying water randomly in all directions within a hemispherical space around and above the manifold.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A recreational water sprinkler, comprising: a body, including: a base; and   a substantially dome-shaped top having a plurality of openings defined therein, the top being mounted upon the base;     a manifold separable from the body and connected to the body and configured for operable attachment to a water supply; the manifold having at least one manifold outlet, the manifold including a diverter tube attached to the base and contained under the dome-shaped top;   a plurality of manifold branch tubes extending from the diverter tube through the openings in the dome-shaped top, each of the branch tubes being connected to one of the flexible arm member; and   at least one flexible arm member extending from the body, the at least one flexible arm member having a conduit defined therein that is in fluid communication with the at least one manifold outlet whereby water that enters the manifold may be expelled from the conduit.     
     
     
       2. The water sprinkler of claim 1 wherein the at least one arm member further comprises: a plurality of arm members.   
     
     
       3. The water sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the manifold branch tubes are substantially more rigid than are the flexible arm members. 
     
     
       4. The water sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the conduit defined in the at least one flexible arm member is an interior channel of the arm member. 
     
     
       5. The water sprinkler of claim 1, wherein: the at least one flexible arm member has an interior channel defined therethrough; and   the water sprinkler further includes a flexible inner tube received in the interior channel of the flexible arm member, the flexible inner tube defining the conduit of the flexible arm member and being connected to the manifold outlet.   
     
     
       6. The water sprinkler of claim 1, further comprising: a threaded connector for attaching the sprinkler to the water supply.   
     
     
       7. The water sprinkler of claim 1, wherein the at least one arm member is constructed of a foam material. 
     
     
       8. The water sprinkler of claim 1, further comprising: a nozzle attached at a distal end of the conduit.   
     
     
       9. A recreational water sprinkler apparatus comprising: a manifold including a water inlet and including a plurality of manifold outlets;   a plurality of elongated flexible discharge hoses, each of the hoses being connected to one of the manifold outlets, the hoses being sufficiently long and flexible that when a water supply at conventional household pressures is provided to the water inlet, the water is discharged through the discharge hoses thereby causing the hoses to gyrate and whip back and forth in a random manner relative to the manifold and thus spraying water randomly in all directions within a hemispherical space around and above the manifold;   wherein each of the hoses includes an elongated hollow foam outer tube, and an impervious water conducting inner tube received in the outer tube;   each of the inner tubes having a first end connected to one of the manifold outlets and having a free second end; and   a plurality of nozzles, each one of the nozzles being connected to the free end of one of the inner tubes, and each nozzle having an outlet orifice diameter less than an inside diameter of the inner tubes.   
     
     
       10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein: the manifold includes a plurality of upwardly extending relatively rigid manifold branches, each of the manifold outlets being defined at an upper end of one of the manifold branches; and   each one of the elongated flexible discharge hoses is attached to one of the manifold branches so that a lower portion of each of the hoses is held in upwardly directed orientation so that an upper portion of each hose above its respective manifold branch is free to gyrate about an upwardly directed axis defined by the manifold branch.   
     
     
       11. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising: a housing including a base and a cover attached to the base, the cover having a plurality of openings defined therethrough; and   the manifold being supported from the base, with each one of the manifold branches extending upward through one of the openings of the cover.   
     
     
       12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein: the cover includes five of the openings arranged in the pattern of a five-spot face of a die.